Quotes About Intellect

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. It's as simple as that.

After I set out to refute Christianity intellectually and couldn't, I came to the conclusion the Bible was true and Jesus Christ was God's Son.

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.. The light which fills the heart is the light of God, which is pure and separate from the light of intellect and sense.

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.

I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!

Who born so poor, Of intellect so mean, as not to know What seem'd the best; and knowing not to do? As not to know what God and conscience bade, And what they bade not able to obey?

In regard to intellect and true virtue, every nation is on a par with the rest, and God has not in these respects chosen one people rather than another.

My God, to read without joy is stupid.

It is He who gave to this intellectual nature free-will of such a kind, that if he wishes to forsake God his blessedness, misery should forthwith result.

He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.

Faith in God goes beyond intellectual presentation and logic.

All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet

It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God.

God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.

The more you rely on intellectual and philosophical concepts of God, the more difficult it becomes to simply experience and enjoy the wonder of God.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

I prefer intellect and charm. Good looks only take you so far.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

Ah, good conversation - there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.